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may be used in-house only. Materials will be retrieved from and returned to
storage areas by staff members.

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Born and raised in Canada, Cathy Hirano moved to Kyoto, Japan in 1978
as an English teacher. Graduating from the International Christian University
of Cultural Anthropology in 1983 she eventually became a freelance translater,
leading her to translate Japanese fiction for young adults. Her translation of
The Friends by Kazumi Yumoto won the the
Batchelder Award for literature in translation in 1997. She currently resides
in Shikoku, Japan.

Collection Scope and Content Note

This collection consists of manuscript materials related to three
publications that originated in Japanese and were translated into English by
Cathy Hirano. The materials include typescript, corrected typescript, front
matter, correspondence, page proofs and corrected page proofs.

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